This hypothesis provides an explanation for some of the disorders of the uraemic syndrome.
The "intact nephrons" of a chronically failing kidney adapt so as to maintain homeostasis with respect to a particular component of the blood. In the process of adapting a second component becomes disordered. The classic example is the secondary hyperparathyroidism of chronic renal failure.
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